jose batista, also known as joey bat, showing off the power. to hockey now, the playoffs start this wednesday for the capitals at home against the islanders. plenty of questions surrounding this series like how the caps handled new york speed led by 24-year-old sense ace john tavares. these two teams are very similar, which makes this matchup very interesting. >> they have the leading scorer in the league right now. we have third and fourthis. their defense is lard to you and -- i think it's going to come down to who executes. >> we're excited about the challenge, at the beginning of the playoff run. we know there's a couple teams we have to go through and, you know the islanders will be the first team we have to go through now. >> let's look at how the schedule shapes up. the first round of playoffs, game 1 and 2 wednesday and friday 7:00 start with those games. you can watch them on comcast sportsnet. we'll have more later tonight on "sports final." >>> a few more scores wizards and hawks in action right now, the wizards are up 29-14 in the f